NEW FINDINGS OF TRUE BUGS (HEMIPTERA: HETEROPTERA)FROM THE SOUTH OF BELARUS

Abstract

In the course of study of the materials on true bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) of the south of Belarus (Brest and
Gomel Regions) 12 new species of true bugs from 6 families have been identified for the fauna of the Republic: Tingis
crispata (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1838) (family Tingidae), Capsus cinctus (Kolenati, 1845), Polymerus brevicornis (Reuter,
1879), Amblytylus concolor Jakovlev, 1877, Campylomma simillimum Jakovlev, 1882 (all from the family Miridae),
Xylocoris thomsoni (Reuter, 1883) (family Anthocoridae), Aradus annulicornis Fabricius, 1803, Aradus distinctus
Fieber, 1860 (all from the family Aradidae), Nysius cymoides (Spinola, 1837), Dimorphopterus spinolae (Signoret, 1857), Tropidophlebia costalis (Herrich-Schaffer, 1850) (all from the family Lygaeidae), Ceraleptus gracilicornis (Herrich-Schaffer, 1835), Gonocerus juniperi Herrich-Schaffer, 1839 (all from the family Coreidae). New sites of finds on the territory of the region under study are given for 15 rare species of true bugs of faunal interest (from 8 families). At the same time, 1 species of true bugs — Chorosoma schillingii Schilling, 1829 (family Rhopalidae) — is included in the Appendix of the latest edition of the Red Book of the Republic of Belarus. The following species of true bugs may be of economic importance as potential pests of forest and agricultural crops: Megalotomus junceus (Scolopi,
1763), Gonocerus juniperi Herrich-Schaffer, 1839 and Ceraleptus gracilicornis (Herrich-Schaffer, 1835).

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